Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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